The Indianapolis Colts made a shocking move Monday, announcing former Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday the interim head coach following the firing of Frank Reich.
Not only is this move a complete surprise in general, but it comes even more shocking considering the fact that Saturday has no coaching experience at the collegiate or NFL level.
As expected, Twitter had a field day with the news.
Newly named interim #Colts HC Jeff Saturday went 3-7 in his final year coaching high school football in 2020.
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) November 7, 2022
The Colts waking up Jeff Saturday from retirement to make him interim head coach pic.twitter.com/1Lr1PvdK2e
— OddsChecker (@OddsCheckerUS) November 7, 2022
jeff saturday after jokingly applying for the colts head coaching job and then getting it pic.twitter.com/L0AV8yZcH6
— Emerson Lotzia, Jr. (@EmersonLotzia) November 7, 2022
Jeff Saturday has no one on his Colts staff who has called NFL plays before
Colts' playbook in Week 10: pic.twitter.com/4M2bzF38GU
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) November 7, 2022
Peyton Manning pulling up to Jeff Saturday 1st game as Colts head coach pic.twitter.com/ydYuotquE2
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) November 7, 2022
If Jeff Saturday beats Josh McDaniels on Sunday, the Raiders are compelled to fire everybody in the building
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) November 7, 2022
Jim Irsay said GET ME Jeff Saturday#PMSOverreactionMonday #ForTheShoe pic.twitter.com/Qvg5c9xosV
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 7, 2022
Would be better if his name was Jeff Sunday imo.
— Kyle Madson (@KyleAMadson) November 7, 2022
Thought this was a fake account under new Elon rules at first. https://t.co/gnol9I4cMU
— Brad Stainbrook (@StainbrookNFL) November 7, 2022
JIM IRSAY https://t.co/gBCRfER4eR pic.twitter.com/ogFMbyRhxl
— RosterWatch (@RosterWatch) November 7, 2022
Josh McCown walked so Jeff Saturday could run https://t.co/cvsh3enhPc
— Lorin Cox (@CoxSports1) November 7, 2022
Bring in Peyton Manning as OC, make Pat McAfee the special teams coach, and have some fun. https://t.co/2mmRADzvkA
— David Wysong (@DavidWysong_) November 7, 2022
Too bad Peyton was committed to the ManningCast and had to decline https://t.co/3u9viBGFL5
— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) November 7, 2022
irsay had beers with Jeff Saturday over the weekend and said what the hell why not https://t.co/CEmEQ2Ei13
— KP (@KP_Show) November 7, 2022
Did not have this on the bingo card https://t.co/lAz8yv2CDZ
— Christopher Carter (@CarterCritiques) November 7, 2022
Jim Irsay 24/7 https://t.co/s1QDYT47Zv pic.twitter.com/7KNU5qg4eQ
— Chris Moxley (@ChrisMoxley19) November 7, 2022
This feels like a prank. He doesn’t even know the plays lmao.
No coaching just vibes https://t.co/wD3QMSsepv
— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) November 7, 2022
the colts decision-making the entire season https://t.co/M9xVPAk0Dz pic.twitter.com/b3tofhJ55U
— Joe Ali (@JoeAli) November 7, 2022
Last time a person took over as an NFL coach without any coaching experience at any level, to my knowledge, was Norm van Brocklin in 1961. https://t.co/mYZogH4Cg2
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 7, 2022
Jim Irsay desperately trying to get a franchise QB the only way he knows how https://t.co/JtZfLWarTk pic.twitter.com/COfQrpCC7t
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) November 7, 2022
Hiring Jeff Saturday as interim coach is like a scheme only Rachel Phelps could come up with.
— Mark Lane (@therealmarklane) November 7, 2022
Here’s Jim Irsay trying to cheat the process and buy Hebron Christian’s scheme. They say you can’t buy great schemes, but this is a damn swell idea! https://t.co/9HzNJvi1z8
— Honest NFL (@TheHonestNFL) November 7, 2022
This might be more absurd than the Texans trying to hire Josh McCown as their head coach https://t.co/DiZvtHyrAV
— Tyler Forness (@TheRealForno) November 7, 2022
Jim Irsay looking at his recent photos deciding what move to make next https://t.co/Bj0kP9oceM pic.twitter.com/vYVlXwBVnT
— Nick Carboni (@NickCarboniWCNC) November 7, 2022
Beleaguered Colts staffer after long morning: God, is it Saturday yet.
Jim Irsay: Brilliant idea. Let's hire Jeff Saturday as our interim coach.
Staffer: That's not what I was saying.
Jim Irsay: Too late. I've already tweeted out the hiring. https://t.co/4REJDWmnYj
— John Breech (@johnbreech) November 7, 2022
I know yall asked Peyton first and he said no 😭😭 https://t.co/jxUgB9cd5T
— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) November 7, 2022
Bro what is going on right now https://t.co/eF3p0F3fMn
— JD, J.D. (@JoshDhani) November 7, 2022
Jim Irsay playing one of his vintage guitars up on a mountain during the Great Fire of Indy
— Zach Hicks (@ZachHicks2) November 7, 2022
Truly bizarre, impulsive, unprecedented and perhaps in violation of the Rooney Rule. But Jim Irsay marches to a different drummer …wow. https://t.co/gzq1MCDxbQ
— David Haugh (@DavidHaugh) November 7, 2022
Imagining Irsay listening to us this morning:
"HEY, JEFF SATURDAY! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M GIVING HIM THE JOB AFTER THIS INTERVIEW." https://t.co/5BjzpQaUCh
— Kevin Bowen (@KBowen1070) November 7, 2022
As best as I can tell, Jeff Saturday becomes the first person in NFL history to be named a head coach without any coaching experience at either the NFL or college level.
He now takes over in Indy.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 7, 2022
